Passing Life's Tests: Spiritual Reflections on the Trial of Abraham, the Binding

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Publication Date
2012-10-01
Pages
176
ISBN
9781683362333

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Publisher
Longhill Partners, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1683362330
ISBN-13
9781683362333
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Product Key Features

Book Title
Passing Life's Tests : Spiritual Reflections on the Trial of Abraham, the Binding of Isaac
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Topic
Judaism / General, Biblical Studies / General
Genre
Religion
Author
Bradley Shavit Artson
Format
Hardcover

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9 in
Item Width
6 in

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"Rabbi Artson takes Abraham''s test and through personal testimony and deep learning, teaches all of us crucial lessons about faith, learning and love." -- Rabbi David Wolpe , Sinai Temple, Los Angeles; author, Why Faith Matters "A book that belongs in every Jewish home. A treasure for all who long to make sense of the Torah''s most perplexing narrative. [It] masterfully offers us the tools we need to confront our deepest questions of faith with new eyes and a new understanding. This is a work we will return to over and over again, and with each reading we will emerge transformed." -- Rabbi Naomi Levy , author, Hope Will Find You ; spiritual leader, Nashuva: The Jewish Spiritual Outreach Center "Draws poignantly and pointedly upon Rabbi Artson''s own life story as well as upon his vast Jewish and secular knowledge to illuminate and provide original explanations of a text that has been read and debated for millennia. In so doing, he offers the contemporary reader new insights into a controversial and ancient story, and ignites a passion for the wisdom inherent in Torah with his readers. This is an enriching book!" --Rabbi David Ellenson, president, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion "Rabbi Artson has taken on the most challenging story in the Bible, the binding of Isaac, and has found valuable lessons for all of us in it." -- Rabbi Harold Kushner , author, When Bad Things Happen to Good People "Wouldn''t it be great to have a rabbi learned in Jewish texts who also has a sophisticated grasp of cutting-edge contemporary theology? While we are imagining, we might as well give this rabbi an uncanny ability to explain complex ideas in simple ways. And would it be too much to ask for the rabbi to also have a soul--a profound understanding of human beings and a hard-won personal faith? As you read this book, you will marvel at Rabbi Artson''s unique combination of gifts. More importantly, Rabbi Artson will accompany you--like a good rabbi should--while you consider the challenging questions arising from Abraham''s story, and your own." -- Rabbi Nancy Fuchs Kreimer, PhD , associate professor of religious studies; director, Department of Multifaith Studies and Initiatives, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College "Invites us to travel the heights and depths of this gripping biblical narrative as a mirror of our own soul''s quest. Aided by Rabbi Artson''s illuminating translation, multi-layered commentary, and opportunities for deeply personal contemplation, we encounter not only Abraham and Isaac within the story, but our own selves. If you face life-tests that challenge you, use this wisdom well! You will grow in faith, courage and insight!" -- Rabbi Marcia Prager , director and dean, ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal Ordination Program; author, The Path of Blessing: Experiencing the Energy and Abundance of the Divine "Offers a fresh reading of the text, exhibiting the generosity of spirit and the daring imagination that has always marked the best of Rabbinic Judaism. Artson shows how the text provides an epitome of all that matters to Jewish faith. This is an important read for Christians, both to see a skilled rabbi working with the text and to read of the rich gift that this daringly Jewish text offers to faith. His reading of the text exhibits the deep theological and demanding moral dimensions of Torah faith that goes way beneath conventional religion. In Artson''s hands the text arrives at freshness. So will the reader!" --Walter Brueggemann, professor emeritus, Columbia Theological Seminary; author, The Practice of Prophetic Imagination "Through the lens of the Bible''s most troubling tale, Rabbi Brad Artson weaves meditations on life''s most profound challenges. Life and Bible become intertwined to enrich and enliven one another." -- Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz , president, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
296.311
Table Of Content
Preface: Why Read This Book? Introduction: Seeing Ourselves in the Biblical Mirror PART ONE Exploring the Depths Translation and Commentary of Genesis 22 Translation Commentary PART TWO Deepening Our Encounters Reflections on Life's Tests in Genesis 22 Mortality What You Learn When You're Under the Knife Paradox Enduring Covenant Priorities Balancing Spontaneity and Foresight Solidarity Of Love and Loyalties Faith, Fear, and Faithfulness Can Faith Save? People above Principles And God Tested Sarah Walking the Walk Tested by Our Deeds Integrity Hearing the Voice of God Resilience We Can Learn from Our Trials Responsibility What We Sacrifice for Our Parents Joy Is It Okay to Love Life? Mindfulness Of Children and the Spiritual Life Suffering A New Jewish Response Conclusion: Belief--Know Before Whom You Stand Acknowledgments Notes Glossary Bibliography
Synopsis
Invites us to use this powerful tale as a tool for our own soul wrestling, to transcend its words to confront our own existential sacrifices and our ability to face-and surmount-life's tests., Challenges you to go beneath the brief, shocking story and ask: who is the tester, who is the tested and what motivates the test? Among stories so terrible they rend our hearts, so profound they touch the depths of our souls and so exalted they reach to heaven, none is more poignant than the Bible story of Abraham's sacrifice of his son, Isaac. A story revered by Jews, Christians and Muslims, and turned over and over by great secular thinkers searching for meaning, this gripping tale shocks us into complete attention, then takes us--in nineteen short verses--on a roller coaster ride of emotion, challenge and hope. Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, known widely for making the Hebrew Bible relevant to our lives, draws on generations of Jewish sages, philosophers and scholars to explore this ancient story, known as the binding of Isaac or the test of Abraham. He invites us to use this powerful tale as a tool for our own soul wrestling, to transcend its words to confront our own existential sacrifices and our ability to face--and surmount--life's tests. By applying this tale's lessons to everyday events, Artson compels us to pay closer attention to our lives and, through our priorities, responsibilities, mindfulness and faith, ask ourselves if we are passing our own tests., Invites us to use this powerful tale as a tool for our own soul wrestling, to transcend its words to confront our own existential sacrifices and our ability to face--and surmount--life's tests.

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